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Since implementing these tips (link re-posted below), I have had no issues downloading the threads, either on my laptop or my mobile phone device.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951974/posts

As for those who come to this thread to bitch and complain about how slow the threads are loading, I have to ask if they contribute financially to this website. I suspect that most of them do not and that they expect to come here for absolutely free and get performance like it was Google.

Well this site isn't Google. There are not billions of dollars in advertising fees streaming in to support the infrastructure. In fact, no advertisements at all. No annoying pop-ups and banner ads.

However, if each regular user gave $1 a day ($30 a month), this site would be rocking and rolling with it's own data center.

I give $30 a month and it's worth every penny. I used to subscribe to several magazines and two newspapers. They costed me over $100 a month. I made the decision several years ago to cancel all of those and give that money to alternative media like Free Republic. (I also contribute to several podcasts that I get my information from.)

I urge everybody here to do the same. Give up those newspaper and magazine subscriptions. Give up HBO (Netflix is so much better - and cheaper). Give up on cable entirely and get a Roku box instead. That way you are not supporting the likes of CNN, MTV and MSNBC, etc.

Use some of that saved money to support Free Republic and if enough do that, this site will load as fast as Google.